Future U.S. Air Force drone operators could talk to a drone and receive a verbal response, similar to the Siri-style two-way voice exchange. Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2012
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether to halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans' communications...Wired From ACM News | May 24, 2012
Two weeks ago, a patent filing by General Motors was uncovered that proposed using data collected from its OnStar service to tailor public advertisements to individual...Wired From ACM News | May 18, 2012
A federal appeals court last Friday upheld the National Security Agency's decision to withhold from the public documents confirming or denying any relationship...Wired From ACM News | May 15, 2012
In early 1999, an associate computer science professor at UC Santa Barbara climbed the steps to the second floor headquarters of a small startup in Palo Alto, and...Wired From ACM News | April 19, 2012
While many of the boys in Idan Yahya's high school class were buffing up and preparing themselves for selection into elite combat units, this gawky teenager was...Wired From ACM News | April 12, 2012
Researchers have released two new exploits that attack common design vulnerabilities in a computer component used to control critical infrastructure, such as refineries...Wired From ACM News | April 6, 2012
Kaspersky Lab researchers have determined the programming language used to generate the code for the DuQu virus' communications functions. Wired News From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2012
Just two years ago, cybercriminal gangs were behind record-breaking data breaches that resulted in the theft of millions of customer records. But the year 2011...Wired From ACM News | March 22, 2012
The spring air in the small, sand-dusted town has a soft haze to it, and clumps of green-gray sagebrush rustle in the breeze.Wired From ACM News | March 21, 2012
In the midst of an ongoing turf battle over how big a role the National Security Agency should play in securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Defense...Wired From ACM News | March 2, 2012
There’s a growing threat to the U.S. military, according to the Pentagon's premier research wing. No, it's not Iran’s nukes or China's missiles. It's the iPads,...Wired From ACM News | March 1, 2012
A security researcher was able to locate and map more than 10,000 industrial control systems hooked up to the public internet, including water and sewage plants...Wired From ACM News | January 25, 2012
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that law enforcement authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor...Wired From ACM News | January 23, 2012
Swipe to unlock could be a thing of the past for next-gen iOS devices. Like current Galaxy Nexus users, iOS users could soon be using facial recognition technology...Wired From ACM News | January 3, 2012
The Pentagon's intent on weeding out "insider threats"—troops or other military personnel who might be disgruntled enough to (Wiki)leak some documents or mentally...Wired From ACM News | December 16, 2011
Prepare the dissection table. Iran says it’s planning to disassemble its prized acquisition: a CIA-operated drone that apparently crashed in its territory. Its...Wired From ACM News | December 12, 2011